Abraham Smith
Abraham Smith was held in the Fredericktown jail in Madison County, Missouri. In August 1844, according to a St. Louis Republican account reprinted in a New Hampshire paper, a group of men broke the jail open with axes and crowbars, took him out and hanged him from a tree near the jail. The report says he was cut down and hanged again. A later Liberator reprint says a coroner's jury found a true bill against those involved, and that several were arrested and committed for trial.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke open the Fredericktown jail with axes and crowbars, took Abraham Smith out and hanged him, according to a Liberator reprint of a Missouri account and a copied St. Louis Republican report.
Reported by: Liberator reprint of a Missouri account (reporters); St. Louis Republican (reprinted in this paper) (reporters).